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W. H. WINNE.

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No. 298,536. Patented May 13, 1884.

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WILLIAM H. WINNE, OF MERIDIAN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,536, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed March 1, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WINNE, of Meridian, in the county ofCayuga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sleighs, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings,'is a full, clear, and exact description.c

This invention is designed to afford an oscillatory bearing for the bodyof the sleigh on the supporting-bolster thereof, as represented in theLetters Patent of the United States No. 292,972, granted to me on the5th day of February, 1884.

My present invention consists in an improvement in the specificconstruction of the aforesaid device, whereby the same is rendered morestable and durable, and the cost of the manufacture thereof is reduced.

The invention is fully set forth in the annexed drawings, wherein FigureI is a side view of the forward bob-sleigh with the pol"- tion of thebody supported thereon. Fig. II is an end view of the same. Figs. III,IV, and V are plan views of the bolster, showing my improvement in thevarious modifications; and Figs. VI and VII are transverse sections,respectively, on lines 00 m, Fig. III, and line 3/ y, Fig. V.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures. v

A represents a bob-sleigh of ordinary construction. O is a bolsterconnected with said sleigh by a king-bolt, a, and Bis the body supported on said bolster.

b I are two brackets secured to the under side of the body, andaffording the oscillatory bearing for the bolster, said brackets beingin this case in the form of metallic straps formed at one end, with aneye in which the end of the bolster is swiveled, so as to allow it tooscillate therein. The means of connecting the bolster with the bracketsb b, I now form of a metal rod or rods, 0 r, secured to the bolster G byclips 6 c, and projecting over the ends of the bolster, as shown inFigs. III, IV, and V, the projecting ends serving as trunnions, whichenter the eye of the brackets 12 b and form the oscillatory bearings forthe bolster. On heavy sleighs I prefer to employ a single continuousrod, r, as shown in Figs. III and V of the drawings, and provide saidrod with a passage for the king-bolt at, either in the form of (Nomodel.)

an eye, a, as represented in Fig. III of thedrawings, or a curvature ofthe rod 0" over the end of the king-bolt, as shown in Figs. II and V ofthe drawings. In order to more firmly secure the rods in their positionon the bolster, I countersink them in the top of the bolv ster, as bestseen in Figs. VI and VII of the drawings. At the ends of the bolster Iprovide the rods with rigid collars 0, to form an end bearing forv thebolster against the side of the bracket 1).

Having described my improvements, what I claim as new is 1. Incombination with a sleigh-bolster and body supported thereon, bracketsinterposed between the bolster and body, and a metal rod or rods securedto the bolster and projecting 7c over the ends thereof, and terminatingwith an oscillatory bearing on the brackets, sub-v stantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a sleigh bolster and body supported thereon,brackets secured to the under side of the body, a continuous metal rodsecured to the top of the bolster and having its ends projecting overthe ends ofthe bolster and entering an eye in the bracket, and collarsfixed to said rod at the ends of the bolster, substantially as describedand shown.

3. In combination with a bolster connected with the sleigh by aking-bolt, and the body supported on said bolster, a continuous metalrod secured to the bolster and provided with an eye for the passage ofthe king-bolt, and having its ends projecting over the ends of thebolster and entering an eye in the bracket, substantially as describedand shown.

4. In combination with the bolster G and body B, the bracketsb b,secured to the body, the rod 7', countersunk in the top of the bolster,and having its end projecting over the end of the bolster and providedwith the collar c, and the clips 0, fastening the rod to the bolster,substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal,in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 28d day of February, 1884. I

YVILLIAM II. IVINNE. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

O. H. DUELL, F. H. GIBBS.

